Swimmer Woolbright wins two state titles

Kate Woolbright won two state titles in Columbia Wednesday night in the first day of the South Carolina Long Course State Championships.

Woolbright, a Swim Spartanburg team member, won the girls 11-12-year-old 800-meter freestyle and 400-meter individual medley and was the lone area swimmer to take two titles.

She won the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 10:26.42 and the 400-meter individual medley in 5:35.97, besting second place by more than 7-seconds.

Other local state champions were Y-Spartaquatics swimmers Haley Lips and Konrad Opuszko. Lips won the 400-meter freestyle for the 10-and-under age group while Opuszko won the 11-12-year-old 400-meter individual medley.

The Y-Sparaquatics girls team currently leads the team standings with 71 points, just ahead of Team Greenville's 48 points.

The girls' lead can easily be linked to their finish in the 10-and-under 400-meter freestyle, in which they took six of the top 10 spots.

The event continues today and runs through Saturday.

For a complete list of area swimmers competing in the meet, see page D6.

In the Sub Juniors division, Moore's Torey Johnson is second, a shot off the lead, at 52. Moore's Sarah Timms is another stroke back at 52.

• In Taylors, Inman's Daniel Stanley (tied for 31st at 147) and Spartanburg's Clayton Berline (tied for 52nd at 150) made the cut at the Carolina Golf Association Junior Championship of the Carolinas. Vince Hatfield shot a second-round 64 to lead at 9-under 133.

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